Dexter's Laboratory - Netflix

Deep in the depths of his secret laboratory, boy genius Dexter computes,
experiments, invents and builds incredible creations like mom robots,
interdimensional portals, talking animals, brain replacements and
stealth dodgeball devices, until his ditzy sister Dee Dee ruins his
overly-executed plans … if only he could fit her into a test tube!

Type: Animation

Languages: English

Status: Ended

Runtime: 30 minutes

Premier: 1995-02-26

Dexter's Laboratory - Dexter's Laboratory - Netflix

Dexter's Laboratory (commonly abbreviated as Dexter's Lab) is an
American comic science fiction animated television series created by
Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network and is the first of the network's
Cartoon Cartoons. The series follows Dexter, a boy-genius and inventor
with a secret laboratory in the basement of his house, who constantly
battles his sister Dee Dee in an attempt to keep her out of the lab. He
also engages in a bitter rivalry with his neighbor and fellow-genius
Mandark. The first two seasons contained additional segments: Dial M for
Monkey, which focuses on Dexter's pet lab-monkey/superhero, and The
Justice Friends, about a trio of superheroes who share an apartment.
Tartakovsky pitched the series to Fred Seibert's first animated shorts
showcase What a Cartoon! at Hanna-Barbera, basing it on student films he
produced while attending the California Institute of the Arts. Two
pilots aired on Cartoon Network from 1995 to 1996; viewer approval
ratings convinced the network to order a half-hour series, which
initially ran for 52 episodes from 1996 to 1998. In 1999, a television
movie titled Ego Trip aired as the intended series finale, and
Tartakovsky left to begin work on his new series, Samurai Jack. However,
from 2001 to 2003, Cartoon Network revived the series for 26 more
episodes, under Chris Savino and a different production team at Cartoon
Network Studios. Dexter's Laboratory received widespread critical
acclaim and high ratings, and became one of Cartoon Network's most
popular and successful original series. During its run, the series won
three Annie Awards, with nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards,
four Golden Reel Awards, and nine additional Annie Awards. The series is
notable for helping launch the careers of several animators, such as
Craig McCracken, Seth MacFarlane, Butch Hartman, and Rob Renzetti.
Spin-off media include comic books, DVD and VHS releases, music albums,
collectible toys, and video games.

Dexter's Laboratory - Revival - Netflix

After the series went on hiatus, Tartakovsky went on to work as a
supervising producer on colleague Craig McCracken's series, The
Powerpuff Girls, serving as a director for several episodes alongside
McCracken, and the animation director and cinematographer for The
Powerpuff Girls Movie. He subsequently began working on his new
projects, Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars. MacFarlane and Hartman
had left Time Warner altogether at this point, focusing on Family Guy
and The Fairly OddParents, respectively. On February 21, 2001, Cartoon
Network announced Dexter's Laboratory had been revived for a 13-episode
third season. The series was given a new production team at Cartoon
Network Studios, with Chris Savino taking over as the creative director
in Tartakovsky's absence. Later in season four, Savino was also promoted
to producer giving him further control over the show, such as the
budget. The revival episodes featured revised visual designs and sound
effects, recast voice actors, continuity shakeups, and the transition
from traditional cel animation, which was used in the first two seasons
and “Ego Trip”, to digital ink and paint, which was used permanently
beginning with the third-season premiere, entitled “Streaky Clean”,
which aired in 2001, when many other programs made the switchover to
digital coloring.